Like many Washington area residents, the Empress takes a great interest in the outcomes of congressional races every two years. And like more and more Americans these days, she tends to hope for an infusion of fresh blood in the House and Senate. But more than most Americans, she hopes foremost that the new members have names that can be combined into something sounding like a phrase or even a sentence. Yes, it’s time to welcome the freshmen of the 113th Congress with our biennial joint-legislation contest: Name a piece of legislation “cosponsored” by two or more of the 98 new House and Senate members, as in the examples above; the names include House members who moved to the Senate. (We didn’t want to wait around for the two current vacancies to be filled.)

Winner gets the Inkin’ Memorial, the bobblehead that is the official Style Invitational trophy. Second place receives the small metal sign pictured on this page; it hung on the Empress’s front door last weekend when she took a turn hosting the Losers’ Post-Holiday Party, a potluck and song parody fest that drew some 65 Losers, their handlers and the Merely Curious. Donated by Nan Reiner.

Other runners-up win their choice of a yearned-for Loser Mug or the ardently desired Grossery Bag. Honorable mentions get a lusted-after Loser magnet. First Offenders receive a smelly, tree-shaped air “freshener” (FirStink for their first ink). E-mail entries to losers@washpost.com or fax to 202-334-4312. Deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 22; results published Feb. 10 (online Feb. 7). No more than 25 entries per entrant per week. Include “Week 1005” in your e-mail subject line or it might be ignored as spam. Include your real name, postal address and phone number with your entry. See contest rules and guidelines at wapo.st/inviterules. The subhead for this week’s honorable mentions is by Jeff Contompasis; the alternative headline for the “next week” line is by Kevin Dopart. Join the lively Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook at on.fb.me/invdev.

Report from Week 1001

in which we asked for original acronyms and other abbreviations, a la our own Bob Staake’s PIMPL (peeing in my pants laughing):

The winner of the Inkin’ Memorial:

BHH: Bless his heart. The Southern way to finish a nasty comment. “Billy is such a pathetic SOB, BHH.” (Dayna Fellows, Bethesda, Md.)

Visit the online discussion group The Style Conversational, in which the Empress discusses today’s new contest and results along with news about the Loser Community — and you can vote for your favorite among the inking entries, since you no doubt figured the Empress chose the wrong winner. If you’d like an e-mail notification each week when the Invitational and Conversational are posted online, write to the Empress at losers@washpost.com (note that in the subject line) and she’ll add you to the mailing list. And on Facebook, join the far more lively group Style Invitational Devotees and chime in.

Next week’s results: Wring Out the OED, or Oxforgeries, our Week 1002 contest, in which we asked you to coin bogus definitions for obscure words.